The Laute family was not really a simple family.
I realized this fact again and again as I studied the data I had transferred to my watch in Rian Laute's office.
Their connections, their past endeavors, their place in the underworld...
And I also realized that I was right on one point.
If we had attacked the family together with the kingdom, we would have had a real problem.
No, not because there was a traitor, although there were people among the counts who worked for them.
It's because they have the communication frequencies used directly by the kingdom.
The Laute Family... knew about every decision the Cevilian Kingdom made, almost everything they did in secret.
Even the seer who died a few months ago, even though they never seemed to pass this information on to anyone.
They had so many helpers who could come to their aid if they foresaw an attack on them that it was a blessing that we could do it in one day.
